Y Fro Gymraeg - The Recognition of A "powerhouse"

The Recognition of A "powerhouse"

The importance of Y Fro Gymraeg powerhouse to the rest of Wales was formulated over a few months by a Bangor college lecturer, Owain Owain in January 1964, when he published in his Tafod y Ddraig magazine a map outlining Y Fro. In an article dated the 12th of November 1964, he wrote: Enillwn y Fro Gymraeg, ac fe enillir Cymru, ac oni enillir Y Fro Gymraeg, nid Cymru a enillir ("We win Y Fro Gymraeg, and Wales will be won, and unless Y Fro Gymraeg is won, Wales will not be won").

This stress on the importance of protecting Y Fro Gymraeg became an important element in the policy of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh Language Society) and would later be reflected in the activities of other language movements such as Cymuned.